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17-letter words containing ol

  • breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
  • british columbian — of or relating to British Columbia or its inhabitants
  • budget resolution — a resolution adopted by both houses of the U.S. Congress setting forth, reaffirming, or revising the budget for the U.S. government for a fiscal year.
  • budgetary control — a system of managing a business by applying a financial value to each forecast activity. Actual performance is subsequently compared with the estimates
  • buttonhole stitch — a reinforcing looped stitch for the edge of material, such as around a buttonhole
  • carolina allspice — any of a genus (Calycanthus) of hardy shrubs (family Calycanthaceae) of a dicotyledonous order (Laurales) of plants, bearing reddish-brown, sweet-smelling flowers
  • carolina moonseed — a twining woody vine, Cocculus carolinus, of the southeastern U.S., having inconspicuous flowers and showy, red fruit.
  • carolina parakeet — an extinct New World parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, that ranged into the northern U.S., having yellowish-green plumage with an orange-yellow head.
  • castor and pollux — the twin sons of Leda: Pollux was fathered by Zeus, Castor by the mortal Tyndareus. After Castor's death, Pollux spent half his days with his half-brother in Hades and half with the gods in Olympus
  • catholic epistles — the epistles of James, I and II Peter, I John, and Jude, which were addressed to the universal Church rather than to an individual or a particular church
  • ch'eng-chu school — School of Law.
  • chanson de roland — English The Song of Roland. a chanson de geste (c1100) relating Roland's brave deeds and death at Roncesvalles and Charlemagne's revenge.
  • characterological — of or relating to character or the study of character
  • chemoluminescence — (chemistry) The emission of light as the result of a chemical reaction.
  • chocolate biscuit — a biscuit covered with chocolate
  • chocolate soldier — a person who mistakenly believes that he or she is very powerful, important, or impressive
  • cholecystectomies — Plural form of cholecystectomy.
  • chromolithographs — Plural form of chromolithograph.
  • chromolithography — the process of making coloured prints by lithography
  • chronological age — the number of years a person has lived, especially when used as a standard against which to measure behavior, intelligence, etc.
  • classical college — (in Quebec) a college offering a programme that emphasizes the classics and leads to university entrance
  • clinicopathologic — of or relating to the combined study of disease symptoms and pathology.
  • coldstream guards — a guard regiment of the English royal household: formed in Coldstream, Scotland, 1659–60, and instrumental in restoring the English monarchy under Charles II.
  • coliform bacillus — any of several bacilli, especially Escherichia coli and members of the genus Aerobacter, found as commensals in the large intestine of humans and certain other animals, the presence of which in water indicates fecal pollution.
  • coliform bacteria — a large group of bacteria inhabiting the intestinal tract of humans and animals that may cause disease and whose presence in water is an indicator of faecal pollution
  • collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
  • collateral damage — Collateral damage is accidental injury to non-military people or damage to non-military buildings which occurs during a military operation.
  • collateralization — The act or process of collateralizing.
  • collected edition — a comprehensive edition of the writings of a particular author.
  • collecting tubule — the part of a nephron that collects the urine from the distal convoluted tubule and discharges it into the pelvis of the kidney.
  • collection agency — A collection agency is an organization that obtains payments from people who owe money to others.
  • collective memory — the shared memories of a group, family, race, etc
  • college professor — a lecturer or researcher who works in a college
  • collegiate church — a church that has an endowed chapter of canons and prebendaries attached to it but that is not a cathedral
  • collegium musicum — a group of usually amateur musicians, often connected with a university, who meet to study and perform chiefly old or little-known music.
  • colleterial gland — a paired accessory reproductive gland, present in most female insects, secreting a sticky substance that forms either the egg cases or the cement that binds the eggs to a surface
  • collision density — the rate at which collisions are occurring per unit volume per unit time, usually pertaining to the collisions of neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
  • collodion process — wet plate process.
  • colloid chemistry — the study of colloids.
  • colloquialization — The process or result of making colloquial.
  • color temperature — a temperature defined in terms of the temperature of a black body at which it emits light of a specified spectral distribution: used to specify the color of a light source.
  • color-coordinated — with all parts or elements related, blended, or matched to a particular color scheme.
  • colour photograph — a photograph that is developed and printed in colour
  • colour separation — the division of a coloured original into cyan, magenta, yellow, and black so that plates may be made for print reproduction. Separation may be achieved by electronic scanning or by photographic techniques using filters to isolate each colour
  • colour subcarrier — a component of a colour television signal on which is modulated the colour or chrominance information
  • colour supplement — A colour supplement is a colour magazine which is one of the sections of a newspaper, especially at weekends.
  • colour television — television that broadcasts in real-life colours, as opposed to black and white
  • columnar jointing — (in basaltic igneous rocks) a series of generally hexagonal columns formed by vertical joints as a result of contraction during cooling.
  • community college — A community college is a local college where students from the surrounding area can take courses in practical or academic subjects.
  • composite volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
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